Food trough



Sept. 2, 1930. A. w. ROWLEY 1,774,947

FOOD TROUGH Griginal Filed June 16, 1927 AM/ROWLEV 15% I Patented Sept. 1930 f 1 i ANjJREww RoWLEY, or Iucnrmnnyn'rnn 5 provided for automatically? replenishing the supply in the trough as it is, consumed, asters.

upstanding end members soldered orbrazed Ap ieat eiilhie a,Luis ,ieieaz,s iall nokfieaafi. Benewed Ianuary zaf seopj I present invention, broad aspect,

has reference .Lto' improvements -in; food troughs" for domestic rows-s m as chickens and 'the like, of thetypewhe'rein;cm a a age reservoir, being provided forthat er,-

i pose, and wherein" the size of the opening through which acce ss isha'd' to the trough may be properly regulated, and replenishing of the supply in the trough frorn the'lreser voir controlled;

' More particularlyit is my purposeto 'proi vide a food trough of the) aboveb'roadly defined character, wherein asimplemovement of the supply reservoir with respect Qtfo the trough will "serve both to regulate orcontrol the "replenishing of'the supply from the res ervoir to the trough, and at the same time which access is had to the trough thereby adapting my device for use with" any size fowls, from small chicks to full grown birds, or the like. My device, furthermore is sov designed that certain of the walls of the storage reservoir are, toa certain extent, Indy-- Especially it is my 'purpose'to provide a. very simple, efficient, and readily and cheaply manufactured article,iand to'this end my device is formed of sheet-metaland has but two separate units in its assembly, each of which v is a permanently set-up object. Tothis end my supply reservoir, or hopper, is an integral sheet-metal device having sheet-metal thereon and which are adapted to workin slides which are soldered or brazedto'the sheet-metal trough unit. The slidesand the end members-are turned to form finger grips. Other andequally important objectsof my invention may be briefly defined as follows: v first, my device is adapted to be formed without nails or rivets; second, it has no 0011-" cealed creases or'the likeand thereby may" be readily kept clean; third, thereare no embodiment of my inventio regulatethe size of the'openi'ngthrough,

' set (up,

"reservol 'Inj-he drawings-wherein ike eiia'm iis e ,ervoir 1 or hopper which is mtegrallhy for-med ,havefa" certain "amount of""gi ve. .Thej'to edges of the end pieces (12)aiid ('13) are o o int fth it gh; daz urthr y "deviceis'designed toserve'a'useful;and'prae tical' purpose as a barnyardaccessory and may be manufacturedand sold at relatively s'mall'retail cost.

- j Other equally" iinportantjobjects fahdt advantageswill'fbecomejapparentj asthe I scription-ofmy invention proceeds,fbut;while I have in the'p'resent instance definedffor the I sake of ill'ustration anarticlefof a certain specific form, it will be understood that I'Ido' not desire to myself exceptafasmay-be indicated by the scopeof the'claims appended hereto andlforminga part'of this specific "Figure an d Vi of he h i p i s i i efmydev y h trough'bein inldotted reference are" used to designatef'lilr or similar parts throughout' thev several iejws 'The umer'al;(l) designatesthe supplyjres Pv of sheet-metal bent lengthwise to form "a four sided figure one'edge. ('2) thereof beingupper- I most and the'top sides slanting, i

downwardly therefrom on oppositefsides: Thebottom sides (5) and, 6) extend'ia;

the iside's, and (4t) and are eachflanged Y s'ides (5)iand (6) and fiangesTU) whichis b:

thetoutle't .of; the 'hopper-., A funnel- (9) is brazed r-int o e of t gtqp s des. for fi i the hopper; v i c The'top sides '(3),fandf (4) are flanged-as at redrr bi z dga It Willzbe e hat. the" bottom-sides; 5') i and 'rje' free'jfrom the end pieces: "'(1'2) rand and consequently *In the'drawings wherein fis illustrate an J qf i 1 P25 wardly toward each'oth'e'r at right-anglesit-o I zayf I; p p 1,774,947

each bent over to form a finger grip (14), and

the side edges thereof are bent inwardly upon themselves as amt-(15) to form channels in which the endpieces (16) and' (17) of my trough (18) are adapted tobe received.

My trough. (18) is preferably a rectangular, sheet-metal pan like device the sides (19) i of which are'slightlyfiared outwardly and have theirltop edges turned. upon themselves was at (20) to form'. channels for receiving guard devices (21). The end pieces (16.). and (17) are soldered or brazedto the end of the trough and extend upwardly to support v the end pieces of the hopper or \IGSQIVOII.

5 The engagement between end pieces (16) and (17') Withjthe channels formed by bent portim e'ndpi c (12). n being suifici entlyti'ght so that some pressure (as by the hands) must be used tolmov'e the trough with respect to the hopper. The'top edges of end pieces (16) and (1 7 are, bent over to form finger grips (22). g The guarddevicesj (21,) are formed of strip metal bent lengthwise at right angles and then ea'inwardlyas at ('28.) and (24) to respectively engage. aboutfihe turned edge Y and toenagefthe side ('19). of the trough asshown in %igure, 3.) The guards, areslidableon and off Qfthe trough-- 7 39. In operation, movement of thehopper with:

respectft'o the. trough accomplishes two purposes; first, it regulates or controls the passage ofv food from thehopper to the trough by'regulating'the spaceflfrom the flangesand bottom; ofilthe trough, and second, the space (X) between sides (5) and (6) and edges of the sides of the trough is regulated f or difierent sizesot fowls. Thus, thefgreat u er the distance between the hopper and trough 40-, thelarger the space X) and the faster the w 7 supplying. offeedandvice-versa. The hop.-.,

' per is simply filled through thefu-nnel (9) withfeed and such feed is dispensed to'the I trough as: itis consumed. The pecking 45. and crowding'of the, fowls will vibrate the sides (5,) and.(6), tov prevent clogging and facilitate dispensing of the feed. Furthermore, the flanges on the sides of While in the foregoing there has been illus! trated, in the vdrawings and, described in the specification" such combination and arrangecol: riegnt of e emen s o st ute he pre er ed embodiments of invention, it isneverthe ssdesir d to {emphasizerthe fa t hat i tii etation fot the invention should only be IQ l HSi hen made.- uyth q ght; o he uhj ined elaimsrw J I claim 1. A device of the type described comprising, a trough, upstanding end pieces on the trough, a receptacle for substance to be fed to the trough, end pieces on the receptacle and flanged to slidably embrace the edges of the end pieces on the trough to adjustably support the receptacle above the trough.

2. A device ofthe type described comprising, a trougln'upstanding end pieces on the trough and formed with bent over ends constituting finger grips, a receptacle for substanceto be fed to the trough, end pieces on the receptacle and flanged to slidably embrace 'th'eedges of the" endpieces on the trough to adjustably support the receptacle above the trough, said end pieces on the receptacle having their free ends bent over to form finger grips.

3. A device of the type described comprising, a sheet-metal trough having outwardly justably support the receptacle above the trough, said end pieces on the receptacle having their free ends bent over to form finger grlps. o

'In testimony whereof, I afli'X my signature hereunto.

' A. )V. ROWLEY,

the reservoir maybe reversed if desired, and 

